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As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
The site published the document. It doesn't mean that all or even most of its staff or board endorsed it. It was not published as a document emanating from Genocide Watch. -
As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
Also, this document was published on www.genocidewatch.com This same website features on interview with , Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, Founding President, Genocide Watch. He points out that as International Law currently stands, to prove a charge of genocide, it has to be established that genocide was the sole intent of the parties doing the killing. He notes that this is like saying that someone couldn't be convicted of murder if it was committed during a robbery. https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/can-the-world-court-stop-israel -
As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
Can you share with us who signed on to this statement? I didn't notice any names endorsing it. I did go to the originating site and found that I could sign on to it and claim whatever position and degree I chose to. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAb9JlXytEEKwyrzg8IYUivDe_4Ebe8tdbJe2kxRlupdWh9w/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 I don't know whether the information I provided would be vetted or not. I've seen other such documents offered on the internet. For example: Public Statement: Scholars Warn of Potential Genocide in Gaza https://opiniojuris.org/2023/10/18/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potential-genocide-in-gaza/ -
Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If, as you claim, she's aiming at angsty teen age girls, she's missing her target: More Than Half Of U.S. Adults Say They’re Taylor Swift Fans, Survey Finds Some 45% of avid fans are millennials, people between the ages of 27 and 42, while 23% are baby boomers, 21% are Gen Xers and just 11% are members of Gen Z—those 26 and under. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/03/14/more-than-half-of-us-adults-say-theyre-taylor-swift-fans-survey-finds/?sh=110354146877 -
Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Since you've got nothing in the of fact to make a refutation, you make it personal instead. -
There is a huge disconnect between the headline of this article and the text of this article from the JNS. While the headlines screams " more worries about terrorists", the article itself only criticizes the emphasis some news services place on collateral casualties. What the article itself is criticizing is the absence of cheerleading.
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First time the world has exceeded 1.5C for an entire year
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
I knew about her but I guess it depends on what is meant by "proven". Since Tyndall's results were definitive I went with him. -
What neither have you seem to recognize that it wasn't so much the fact that Suozzi won as that he beat the polling by a substantial margin. The polls had him ahead by anywhere from 1 to 4 points. This has been a consistent feature not only of the midterms, but of subsequent Congressional elections since.
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On the other hand: Climate Model Criticized for Unrealistic Scenarios, Raises Awareness of Potential Impact A recent climate model predicting a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), triggering a new ice age, has stirred debate among scientists. The Dutch team from Utrecht University published their work, suggesting that the AMOC could reach a tipping point, leading to severe consequences for the climate system and humanity. However, British scientists have criticized the study for relying on unrealistic scenarios that do not align with actual climate conditions. https://isp.today/climate-model-criticized-for-unrealistic-scenarios-raises-awareness-of-potential-impact/ The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Jonathan Bamber https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-interview-prof-jonathan-bamber/
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Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Apparently, the publicity hasn't worked since you clearly have no idea what her music is like or what the demographic breakdown of her fans is. -
Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
You seem to be missing the point. There's no evidence that this kid is tracking her for her political opinions. And Taylor Swift has plenty of reasons to want to stop him tracking her that have nothing to do with politics. Like lunatic stalkers: Accused Taylor Swift stalker arrested 3 times in 5 days outside of her NYC home https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/01/25/david-crowe-taylor-swift-stalker-suspect-arrest/72351226007/ And she should have expected from Fox News lunatic right wing conspiracy theories about the nature of her relationship with a football player? -
Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
What's this kid tracking her jet got to do with her political opinions? Just because you're apparently obsessed about that do you think he is? She's probably the biggest celebrity in the world now and has been for a while. You don't think that's reason enough for him to track her? -
First time the world has exceeded 1.5C for an entire year
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
That was Richard Lindzer. One of the leading denialists. In general, their predictions have not aged well. That anomalously hot year of 1998, which was a year with a powerful El Nino, the hottest then on record, now doesn't even make the top 10. Not even as hot as some years with no El Nino. -
Taylor Swift Caught in Crosshairs of Bizarre MAGA Conspiracy Theory
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
It's comments like this that reveal the ethically challenged mentality of Trump. To his way of thinking, laws aren't primarily about the public good. They're about personal benefit. His motto should be I scratch your back, you scratch mine On top of that, his claim is nonsense. The bill passed with the almost unanimous votes of both Republicans and Democrats. -
Given that no actual knowledge of the situation is necessary according to your way of looking at the situation, maybe next time they should Taylor Swift. I suspect she's got a lot more fans even than Carlson which, by your lights, would make her vastly more qualified.
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Why should Carlson have bothered attending the interview at all? He could have just sent Putin a list of questions.
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As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
This is so unfair "The White House has said on multiple occasions in recent days that it does not support Mr. Netanyahu’s likely invasion of Rafah, which sits on the border with Egypt. More than half of Gaza’s 2.2 million people are now sheltering in the city, many of them displaced after the Israeli military told them to flee south to avoid the war in the north. Mr. Biden on Sunday “reaffirmed his view that a military operation in Rafah should not proceed without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there,” according to the White House." https://archive.ph/RUuPd https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/biden-netanyahu-israel.html What's worse, in the wake of this criticism and that from other quarters, it looks like Israel is knuckling under to the bullying and is working on such a plan. Don't these critics understand that even if Israel were to go ahead and attack Rafah without a credible and executable plan in place, it wouldn't be Israel's fault? That even if thousands of civilians were to die as a result, no culpability would accrue to Israel? As many members of aseannow.com have steadfastly insisted while the civilian death toll mounted elsewhere, It would be Hamas' fault for not surrendering. Why isn't these members' clear moral vision not acceptable to all right thinking people everywhere? So sad. -
More information supporting the futility of the kind of responses the US and others are currently executing: Former Houthi Reveals Secret U.S. Blind Spots in Red Sea Crisis Instead of leaving the Houthis interested in halting their attacks, the Biden administration’s actions have likely inspired the Houthis to double down, Albukhaiti told The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview through a translator. “The Houthis, first of all, they’re energized by the whole idea now that they’re fighting the United States,” Albukhaiti, a former spokesperson for the Houthis, said. “The current approach will likely end with… they’re able to mobilize more people.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-yemeni-houthi-reveals-secret-us-blind-spots-in-red-sea-crisis
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As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
OK. So your position is that as a possible unhappy outcome becomes more likely, fear levels remain the same. Maybe if the Egyptians are all taking meds, otherwise not so much. -
As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
I'm guessing that you think for some reason that I'm disagreeng with you. I could be wrong about that.. I'm pointing out that it isn't only Jewish people who are supporting Israel. That, in fact, there are a lot more Evangelicals than Jews in the US and they are far more uncritical in their support of Israel. Which tends to shoot down the kind of disguised anti-Semitism sometimes exemplified by the use of phrases such as "Israeli-occupied territories" to describe Washington, D.C. -
As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in The War in Israel
You might try reading that Times of Israel article before pronouncing what I posted to be a meme. And the nytimes article, too.